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Melissa Hughes: “The environmental fund is similar to what I have seen happen…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Former WEDC Sec Missy Hughes discusses municipal/school dist govt w/ Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy

Published | Video Starts at 11:07

And how do you see the state's role in helping local governments finance infrastructure more important, more affordably? Because like right now in the open market, it's like 6%. Yeah, yeah. You know, I think that The environmental fund is similar to what I have seen happen in Germany and in other European companies with development banks. Right. It is a funding mechanism that is devoted to infrastructure and to being able to build those things throughout the state. (11:07–11:18)

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Asserts that Wisconsin's environmental fund is similar to European development banks.

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